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Alexmath19 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

didn't vs hadn't

Hey! Which is the right one?

If i hadn't come back here, Alex would still be alive.
If i didn't come back here, Alex would still be alive.
Thank you!
  

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alexmath19 If I hadn't come back here, Alex would still be alive. As shown above. It's a mixed conditional.

— CalifJim

  • alexmath19 If I hadn't come back here, Alex would still be alive.
  • As shown above.
  • It's a mixed conditional.
  • Coming back is imagined in the past.
  • Still being alive is imagined in the present.
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alexmath19If I hadn't come back here, Alex would still be alive.
As shown above.

It's a mixed conditional. Coming back is imagined in the past. Still being alive is imagined in the present.

CJ
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CalifJimIt's a mixed conditional. Coming back is imagined in the past. Still being alive is imagined in the present.
That's the term I was trying to think of. Thanks, CJ.
It shouldn't be that hard to remember, but I'm coming up on my 70th.
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